get right

Idioms  

1. Understand accurately or do correctly, as in If I get it right, you're not leaving until tomorrow, or The faucet works perfectly; the plumber finally got it right. [First half of 1900s]

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get right

At Forum AI, we built an independent system to evaluate how the leading AI models handle politically sensitive topics and current events, one of the hardest things for them to get right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

This “fragile decade” of preretirement years leading up to retirement and the first five years after you stop working are critical to get right.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026

But failing to finish in the top five will leave Newcastle particularly vulnerable in a window they have to get right following the turbulence of last summer.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

"I'm not a supporter of the of the unknowns that we get right now."

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

You’d get right up out of your grave you know you would.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

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